Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Book Expo of America: Following YA Authors on Twitter

Katie and Nico are FIRST in line to eat Dessen whoopie pies,
thanks to Twitter!

Statistics show that teens are not the driving force behind Twitter’s popularity. Most of you probably have Facebook accounts and might not see the point in also joining the 140-characters or less world of tweeting. And until a week ago, I was right there with you.

When Nico and I heard that Sarah Dessen would be handing out free whoopie pies from a food truck at BEA, it was time to face facts. If we were going to successfully stalk Queen Dessen... ahem... I mean find that truck, we were going to need to consult the Almighty Twitter. As an iPhone user, I volunteered to take the plunge and downloaded the app on my phone so we could have mobile access at the Expo. After days of puzzling over a user name (which I have subsequently changed many times), I became one of the millions of Twitterers (Twitterees? NitTwits?), and I began to “follow” Sarah Dessen.

And somewhere in all of this I realized that Twitter is a fantastic resource for following the authors we all love, getting early word on new books, and learning more about the experience of being a writer. For a long list of YA authors on Twitter that you can follow check out this blog post from the readergirlz. It’s a whole new world out there...

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